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On a random directed spanning tree

Part of: Geometric probability and stochastic geometry Graph theory Stochastic processes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Abhay G. Bhatt  and
Rahul Roy
Abhay G. Bhatt*
Affiliation:
Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
Rahul Roy*
Affiliation:
Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
*
∗ Postal address: Indian Statistical Institute, 7 S.J.S. Sansanwal Marg, New Delhi 110016, India.
∗ Postal address: Indian Statistical Institute, 7 S.J.S. Sansanwal Marg, New Delhi 110016, India.
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Abstract

We study the asymptotic properties of a minimal spanning tree formed by n points uniformly distributed in the unit square, where the minimality is amongst all rooted spanning trees with a direction of growth. We show that the number of branches from the root of this tree, the total length of these branches, and the length of the longest branch each converges weakly. This model is related to the study of record values in the theory of extreme-value statistics and this relation is used to obtain our results. The results also hold when the tree is formed from a Poisson point process of intensity n in the unit square.

Keywords

Minimal spanning treerecord valuesweak convergence

MSC classification

Primary: 60D05: Geometric probability and stochastic geometry 60G70: Extreme value theory; extremal processes
Secondary: 05C05: Trees 90C27: Combinatorial optimization

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Type
Stochastic Geometry and Statistical Applications
Information
Advances in Applied Probability , Volume 36 , Issue 1 , March 2004 , pp. 19 - 42
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 2004 

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